2025 July 12

2025 July 12

Aziza Cooper writes:
On July 11, Mount Douglas summit had 3 Pale Tiger Swallowtails, 1 Western Tiger Swallowtail, 2 Lorquin’s Admirals, 1 Cabbage White, 1 Anise Swallowtail and several red-brown flybys that I could not identify. None of them except the Anise would sit still.

On Mount Tolmie, one Painted Lady was on the road by the Jeffrey Pine.

Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Aziza Cooper

Jeremy Tatum writes: I went to Mount Douglas at 5:45 pm today (July 12). There were two butterflies flying around the Teacup: – an Anise Swallowtail, and a Lady. As Aziza said, only the swallowtail would keep still, and I could not identify the Lady. It could have been any of the three. (Val George photographed an American Lady there on July 10.) Perhaps some butterfliers could go up there and see what Ladies are there.

Ian Cooper sends some photographs taken before dawn and in the early morning of July 11 in *Colquitz River Park, the #Galloping Goose trail in View Royal and along the ^E&N trail in View Royal and Vic West.

Jeremy Tatum writes: Rarely can I identify a moth from the underside alone, but I think this is a nicely-posed photograph of Caripeta aequaliaria.